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Compelling "The Piano Lesson" opens PA Shakespeare Festival

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 02 June 2026
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” packs quite a punch as the festival kicks off its 2026 season on the campus of DeSales University.
“The Piano Lesson” runs through June 14 in the Schubert Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley.

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Muhlenberg's musical "Twelfth Night" playful and delightful

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 06 May 2026
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Muhlenberg College Theatre & Dance’s production of a new musical version of Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night” is outrageously playful and totally delightful.


The musical version by rising Broadway star Shaina Taub takes themes from Shakespeare’s gender-bending play and uses catchy songs to explore and deepen them in a thoroughly enjoyable way.

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DeSales University Act 1’s season finale “9 to 5” a comedic delight, through May 3

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 30 April 2026
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DeSales University Act 1’s season finale “9 to 5” is a comedic delight that delivers a buoyant and satisfying production. Dolly Parton’s musical celebrating female empowerment leaves audiences with a giddy feeling and humming the hit title song.

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DCP’s beloved “Steel Magnolias” the quintessential situation comedy--- AND THAT'S A GOOD THING--- in Telford through May 3

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Written by: Ara Barlieb
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 25 April 2026
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DCP’s engaging and entertaining production of writer Robert Harling’s much-traveled, adapted, and mimicked “Steel Magnolias” is probably as good and creditable an example as you can find of a now faded television and radio genre, the “sitcom”, or more formally, a “situation comedy”.

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NCC's "Carrie" satisfyingly creepy

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
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Published: 22 April 2026
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Northampton Community College Department of Theatre has finished out its season with an enjoyable and satisfyingly creepy production of “Carrie: The Musical” in Lipkin Theater, Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township.

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More Articles …

  1. Cedar Crest's clever, thought-provoking "53% of" explores political divide
  2. Thoughtful, poignant "La Gringa" at Pa Playhouse
  3. “A Terrible Beauty,” an Irish supper serving delicious helpings of terror and good cheer
  4. Thoughtful, poignant "Language of Dolls" at Touchstone, through March 8
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PLAY REVIEWS

  • "The Watchers" may not terrify you, but it should, at The Ice House through Oct 19
  • "Allies" debates cultural identity, at Between the Lines Studio Theatre

AUDITIONS

  • Auditions for "An Explosion by the Ballyseedy Woods", third part of CKP's Irish trilogy
  • AUDITIONS for "THE WATCHERS" A chilling new play for a chilling new world

UPCOMING SHOWS

  • "The Watchers" at The Ice House--- Is This America's Dystopian Nightmare Wake-Up Call?
  • At The Ice House, "Black Angel – A Staged Reading by Francine Gold" --- a special one-night showcase of Act 1 of Black Angel — a powerful new play, presented by Basement Poetry